White Matter Abnormalities in Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Gruner P, Vo A, Ikuta T, Mahon K, Peters BD, Malhotra AK, Uluğ AM, Szeszko PR. White Matter Abnormalities in Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology 2012, 37: 2730-2739. PMID: 22871914, PMCID: PMC3473339, DOI: 10.1038/npp.2012.138.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderDorsal cingulum bundleFractional anisotropyYale-Brown ObsessiveCingulum bundleGreater fractional anisotropyT GE systemDrug-naïve patientsCourse of illnessNeurobiology of OCDPatients' symptom severityWhite matter abnormalitiesPediatric OCD patientsRight corticospinal tractWhite matter deficitsPediatric obsessive-compulsive disorderInferior fronto-occipital fasciculusLower fractional anisotropyWhite matter tractsChildren's Yale-Brown ObsessiveFronto-occipital fasciculusResponse inhibition functionHigher fractional anisotropyPediatric patientsCorticospinal tract